Railway-brake.



fw.-H. JONES RAILWAY-BRAKE. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 14, 1911.

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WITNESSES: I INVENITOR ATTORNEY-17 Patented July 30, 1912.

WILLIAM Jonas, or oHIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1y 30, 19L2 Application filed October 14,1911. Serial No. 654,635

To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J owns, a citizen of the United States, residing at hicag'o, in the county of Cook and'State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Railway-Brakes, of

which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, tormingfapart of this specification.

It has been found in practice that, owing to the lateral movement permitted by the suspension ot the ordinary forms of brakes of railway and likecars, there is a tendency for the pairs of brakes to assume an incorrect'position, either to one side or the other, frequently to such an extent that'a considerable part of the bearing surface of one or both brakes will not contactwith the wheel upon which it acts, and wear of the parts under such conditions increases the tendency and results in considerable loss of efiiciency, and an uneven wear of the brake apparatus and wheels which is extremely objectionable.

The object of my invention is to remedy such defects by the provision of means for restraining the brake mechanism from lateral movement whereby the entire bearing surface of every shoe is at all times presented to the wheel upon which it acts, and

an equal wear on the wheels and both brakeshoes. of every pair is attained.

I have illustrated in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this applicaend View of parts of a wheel truck and pair tion mechanism which is well adapted to attain the object set forth, and in the appended claims have recited the essential elements of my. invention. e v

Of. su'chdrawings, Figure l is a side view of a car wheel showing brake mechanism to which my invention is applied; 2 an of wheels showing the same form of brake mechanism; Figs. 3 and -.t are details showing different. forms of attachment of the centering rods to the brake-heads; Figs. 5 and 6 are'views corresponding respectively to Figs. 1 and 2 and showing" a modified fornrof my invention; and Figs. 7 and 8 views also corresponding respectively to Figs. 1- and 2 and showing another modification of my invention.

It will be understood that my invention is applied to brake apparatus of ordinary form used on railway cars of usual and wellknown construction. The brake rod 1 of sary.

beam 7 of the wheel truck 7 ncar'the opposite ends of such cross-beam.

A balance spring 8 bolted to the center of the cross beam of the truck and pivotally connected with links 9 which are in turn pivoted to the fulcrum 2 tends to yieldin'gly lift the brake beam, and through it the brake-heads and brake shoes, so as to yieldingly press the latter upwardly against the wheels. All the parts thus far described are old and wellknown. in the art, and it will he observed that owing to the swinging suspension of the brake beam and associated parts a greater or less degree of lateral movement is apt to exist. To restrain this I have provided a pair of guide rods 1010 which attheir inner ends (see Fig. 2) are pivoted to an eye bolt 11 which is bolted to the center of the cross-beam'T, and at their outer ends are attached to the brake-heads 4:. These rods. in the form of my invention shown in Fig. 2. serve as the pivotal connection between such brake heads and the brake hang- -10 and the'brake heads and hangers. permitting an adjustment for the purpose of securing a proper bearing of the brake shoes upon the wheels whenever it may be neces- Reterrmgto Fig. 3. a cup-shaped.

washer 12' is interposed between the threaded nut 13 and the pivotal bearing in the brake head. for the purpose of permitting: a comparatively long portion of the end of the rod 10 to be threaded. a cotter pin H serving to pretentthe nut from coming o'l'l. This construction permits a com aratively large range of adjustment. though the simpler form of connection shown in' Fig. l may be employed; dispensing with the washer 12 and employinga cotter pin which may be passed tln-ougrh any one of several pairs of holes formed in the nut. to hold the nut in differentpositions and thus provide for various adjustments.

in the form of urv invention shown in 5 and i the rods ltlare pi oted to lurs' the brake apparatus-is attached to the tul- 1 15 projec ing outwardly from the brakiheads, and at their inner ends are bent twice at right angles to torm a cross pivotal connection and an oliset end retaining lug, 1n

order to permit them to be readily inserted 'lningers.

' into and detached from the elongated bear- -1ngslots 16 formed in a dependlng portion 17 of the cross-beam 7. safety hanger 1S pivoted to lugs upon the portion 17 of the cross-beam and also pivotally connectcdto the Y brake-beam in the present instance through a short bracket 19 fixedthereon is provided to prevent the brake-beanrfrom dropping down upon the track in case of a' breakage of its suspension by the brake In Figs/7 and S I have shown another modification in. which the rods '10 are' branched at the r outer endsfone branch forming the pivotal connection between the brake head and the brake-hanger, and the other end having a pivotal connection'with lugs (as in the construct-ion shown in Figs; 5 and 6),projecting outwardly from.

the brake-heads, this'pivotal connection being located below the horizontal plane of the pivotal connection between the brakeheads and brake-hangers. provided with threaded nuts whereby such connections may be independently adjusted, and the brake-heads and brake shoes may be thereby adjusted so that the brake shoes will. accurately engage the wheels'both at their top and bottom portions.

I claim:

. E. in combination with a wheel-truck and reels carried thereby and with a brake pted' to engage said whee1s,a trans- ...cly-disposed guide rod pivotally hung end upon a fixed part of the truck d at the other end attached to-said brake, arranged to prevent lateral movement said brake. '2, In comb nation with a wheel-truck and vheels carried thereby and with a brake adaptedto engage saidwheels, a' guldln'g comprisi'nga pair of transverselyiosed rods'pivotally hung at their inner upon a fixed part of the truck and at out-er ends attached to said brakes.

In combination with a wheel-truck itch, and with brake mechanism susuded from said truck and including Each branch is ae-heads and a brake-beam connecting said brake-heads, a guiding device comprising a pair of transverselydisposed rods pivoted at their inner ends centrally of the truck upon a fixed part:- thereof and at their outer ends attached to said brake heads.-

a. In combination, with a wheel-truck having a cross-beam and wheels carried by said truck and witlrbralt'e mechanisnrsus pended from said cross beam and including brake-heads, a guiding device comprising apair of transversely d sposed rods pivotally. hung at thelr lnner'ends upon said cross-- beam and at their outer ends" attachedto said brake-heads.

5. In combination w't-h a wheel-truck having 'a cross-beam and wheels. carried by said truck, and with brake mechanism in cluding brake-hangers and brake-heads, a

guiding device comprising a' pair of trans verselydisposed rods pivotally hung at their inner ends upon said cross-beam, and at their outer ends arranged to pivotally connect =said brake-heads with said brake-v hangers.

G. In combination with a whe el truck haw ing a cross beam and wheels mounted in said truck, and' with brake mechanism including brake-hangers and brake heads, a

guiding'device comprising a pair oftransversely disposed rods pivotally hung at their inner ends upon said cross beam, the outer ends of said rods being branched. one

branch of each rod being arranged to pivot- Y ally and adjust-ably connectthe brake head on that side" with the brake hanger and the other branch being adjustably connected with the brake head at a point below the pivotal attachment of the latter with the brake-hanger.

7. In combination with a wheel truck hav ing \a'"cross'-beam and wheels mounted in,

said truck, b'ake mechanism comprising a brake beam, brake-heads connected thereto and having outwardly-extending iugs, and transversely-disposed guide rods pivotally hung at their inner ends upon-said cross beam and at their outer ends pivotally con- I nected with said lugs to prevent lateral movement of said brake-heads. I

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